Pancreatic cancer occurs in the tissue of the pancreas, which is an important organ located at the back of the stomach. It is not yet known what causes this type of cancer, but there are many risk factors, such as chronic pancreatitis, diabetes, a family history of genetic diseases, obesity, smoking, and being old. More than half of all new pancreatic cancer patients are usually 75 years old or older, and it is rare in people under 40 years old.
The pancreas is hidden in the upper left abdomen in the deepest part of the human body, hidden behind the stomach. It looks like an oval fish bubble. The pancreas is close to the spleen, liver, gallbladder and the first part of the intestine เล่นเกมคาสิโน UFABET ทันสมัย ฝากถอนง่าย. So it is quite difficult to detect. The pancreas is the organ that has the second most digestive function in the human body.
It is an organ that is both an endocrine gland and a duct. The function of the endocrine gland is to transfer insulin and glucagon into the blood to control the balance of blood sugar. The main function of the duct is that this part consists of alkaline carbonate. Pancreatic juice containing enzymes and pancreatic fluid containing various digestive enzymes use to reduce the concentration of stomach acid, digest sugar, protein and fat.
People at high risk of pancreatic cancer
- People over 40 years old are quite obese and have poor lifestyles, such as smoking, drinking alcohol, consuming foods with high animal fat and few vegetables and fruits, etc.
- People who eat greasy foods and have diarrhea, especially those who pass out fat. May indicate that the secretory function of the pancreatic ducts has been compromise.
- Young people with no family history of diabetes who suddenly develop diabetes. Which may be an advance for pancreatic cancer, and people who have had diabetes for more than 5 years have a risk of developing pancreatic cancer about 1.2 times higher than the general population.
If pancreatic cancer cells develop into metastatic disease, they tend to spread to nearby blood vessels and lymph nodes, then may spread to the liver, peritoneum and possibly the lungs. Most patients are diagnos with metastatic disease, making pancreatic cancer a rare disease and not easy to treat.